Bristol derby

Bristol derby

The Bristol derby is the name given to football matches played between Bristol Rovers and Bristol City. The fans of each club both consider the other to be their main rivals, [cite web |url=http://www.footballfanscensus.com/issueresults/Club_Rivalries_Uncovered_Results.pdf |title=Rivalry uncovered |work=Football fans census |accessdate=2007-09-10 |format=PDF] leading to a heated atmosphere at these matches. The majority of the meetings between the teams have been in the Football League, and they used to meet annually in the Gloucestershire Cup.

History

The first meeting between Bristol City and Bristol Rovers took place on 1894-09-22 when the two teams, then called Bristol South End and Eastville Rovers, met at St John's Lane in Bedminster. The game finished 3-1 to Eastvile Rovers, the team that went on to become Bristol Rovers.cite book |last=Byrne |first=Stephen |coauthors=Jay, Mike |title=Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003 |year=2003 |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud |isbn=0-7524-2717-2]

The most recent match between the two sides came on February 27 2007 in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy area final at Rovers' Memorial Stadium. The game finished 1-0 [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6397375.stm |title=Bristol Rovers 1-0 Bristol City |work=bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2007-11-11 |format=HTML] to Rovers sending them to the final of the competition against Doncaster Rovers at the Millennium Stadium, which they went on to lose.

tatistics

Below is a summary of the results of matches played between Bristol City and Bristol Rovers in the Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy.

"As at 19:04, 10 September 2007 (UTC)" [cite web |url=http://www.bristolrovers-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp?teama=97&teamb=96 |title=Head-to-head |work=Bristol Rovers Mad |accessdate=2007-09-10 |format=HTML]

Records

*Highest aggregate score: 8 (Bristol City 5 - 3 Bristol Rovers, 1956/1957)
*Highest Bristol City score: 5 (Bristol Rovers 0 - 5 Bristol City, 1926/1927)
*Highest Bristol Rovers score: 5 (Bristol Rovers 5 - 1 Bristol City, 1933/1934)

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